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cnn's dana bash and a producer have done some digging into the law. they discovered not just a lingering loophole but how it got there. >> reporter: this was memorable because it was so rare. president obama signing a bipartisan law congress passed swiftly and overwhelmingly. to make sure there's no insider trading in congress.s crowed about restoring trust in government. >> if there was any chance of fact of using information for personal profit, we were not going to allow it. >> closing loopholes to ensure that members of the congress play by the exact same rules as everyone else. >> reporter: but keeping them honest, cnn has learned that not all the loopholes were closed. here's why. the key to making sure lawmakers don't profit off secret information they learn on the job is based on a new rule. financial transactions over $1,000 must be reported in 45 days. >> so that the public could have more real-time understanding of what their members and what senior staff and other high government officials were doing with their finances. what kinds of trad
cnn's dana bash and a producer have done some digging into the law. they discovered not just a lingering loophole but how it got there. >> reporter: this was memorable because it was so rare. president obama signing a bipartisan law congress passed swiftly and overwhelmingly. to make sure there's no insider trading in congress.s crowed about restoring trust in government. >> if there was any chance of fact of using information for personal profit, we were not going to allow it....
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miss crisp, it's drew give within cnn. terry crisp, dog in hand, got out of her car and walked right up to our camera and acted like she was about to answer our questions. >> this is not the place to do an interviewwa. >> reporter: well, what is the place to do an interview? specifically to ask you about operation baghdad pups. >> yeah, stephanie scott, our director of communications, has communicated with you directly -- >> reporter: yeah, i understand that, but can you tell us why you came on cnn and basically lied to our viewers about ivy and nugget? >> you need to talk to stephanie -- >> reporter: i think you need to talk to our viewers and explain to us what operation baghdad pups is all about because it appears to be a fund-raising effort for your lifestyle and quadriga art, quite frankly. >> like i said, again, you need to contact stephanie. all our interviews are coordinated through her. >> reporter: you've been on our air, ma'am. you told our viewers ivy and nug wr nugget were abandoned military dogs. which basica
miss crisp, it's drew give within cnn. terry crisp, dog in hand, got out of her car and walked right up to our camera and acted like she was about to answer our questions. >> this is not the place to do an interviewwa. >> reporter: well, what is the place to do an interview? specifically to ask you about operation baghdad pups. >> yeah, stephanie scott, our director of communications, has communicated with you directly -- >> reporter: yeah, i understand that, but can you...
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as always, cnn cannot independently verify them. witnesses say president bashar al assad's forces launched a full-scale attack against the opposition syrian army. it's believed more than 200 people were killed. activists told cnn assad's forces shelled the village nonstop from 5:00 in the morning till noon yesterday. many people who fled their houses were reportedly shot to death by pro-regime forces. kofi annan, special forces envoy to syria, said he was shocked and appalled by the slaughter. just three days before the attack, annan met with al assad and afterward called their talks positive and constructive. today, the u.n. organization that coordinates aide to syria said they have run out of language to describe how bad things are. what's left to say, it wondered, after aalling, desperate and deplorable. 287 people in all were killed in syria yesterday. possibly the deadliest day since the uprising began. at least 80 more deaths were reported today. i spoke earlier today with the syrian activist zedun. zedun, we're seeing reports
as always, cnn cannot independently verify them. witnesses say president bashar al assad's forces launched a full-scale attack against the opposition syrian army. it's believed more than 200 people were killed. activists told cnn assad's forces shelled the village nonstop from 5:00 in the morning till noon yesterday. many people who fled their houses were reportedly shot to death by pro-regime forces. kofi annan, special forces envoy to syria, said he was shocked and appalled by the slaughter....
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for weeks, cnn has been trying to track down crisp. first we were told by her spokesperson she was unavailable. this week, we drove to crisp's rural home, down this dirt road in the foothills of california's sierra nevada and found crisp driving straight towards us. miss crisp, it's drew give within cnn. we would sure like to talk to you. terry crisp, dog in hand, got out of her car and walked right up to our camera and acted like she was about to answer our questions. >> this is not the place to do an interview. >> reporter: well, what is the place to do an interview? we've been trying to get an interview with you for a long, long time. specifically to ask you about operation baghdad pups. >> yeah, stephanie scott, our director of communications, has communicated with you directly -- >> reporter: yeah, i understand that, but can you tell us why you came on cnn and basically lied to our viewers about ivy and nugget? >> you need to talk to stephanie -- >> reporter: i think you need to talk to our viewers and explain to us what operation
for weeks, cnn has been trying to track down crisp. first we were told by her spokesperson she was unavailable. this week, we drove to crisp's rural home, down this dirt road in the foothills of california's sierra nevada and found crisp driving straight towards us. miss crisp, it's drew give within cnn. we would sure like to talk to you. terry crisp, dog in hand, got out of her car and walked right up to our camera and acted like she was about to answer our questions. >> this is not the...
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mitt romney one-on-one, speaking out on cnn. the gop presidential candidate is on the defensive tonight. his campaign added two new senior advisers after a rough few days. and now they're hitting back, accusing the obama campaign of stooping to new lows. the issue, once again mr. romney's involvement at bain capital where he made his fortune. the focus centers around when he finally broke ties with that firm. the obama camp is claiming mr. romney lied about his end date at bain. even suggesting his actions could be criminal. to counter attack, mr. romney went on a media blitz today. something he rarely does. he talked with cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. >> governor, thanks for joining us. let's talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i'll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn't you cle
mitt romney one-on-one, speaking out on cnn. the gop presidential candidate is on the defensive tonight. his campaign added two new senior advisers after a rough few days. and now they're hitting back, accusing the obama campaign of stooping to new lows. the issue, once again mr. romney's involvement at bain capital where he made his fortune. the focus centers around when he finally broke ties with that firm. the obama camp is claiming mr. romney lied about his end date at bain. even suggesting...
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drew griffin with the cnn investigation. >> reporter: it happened here in kansas city. where gsa employees did not just get a free lunch, they got to spend most of the day making it. >> cooking is not a mystery. everybody can learn it. >> reporter: it's all about what the culinary zone calls team building. what did the gsa employees get out of this? this is would be of those employees who says he's afraid to show his face because his boss will be mad. >> it was lunch. we had 25 minutes to get a recipe together, cook for 30. i think there were roughly 25 or 30 people there, and then we were critiqued along the way by the chefs at the institute on what we could do better. >> reporter: and those gsa employees got the whole day off real work to do it. >> reporter: so this was the day's activity, learning how to cook? >> yes. >> reporter: and it didn't just happen once. since 2007, gsa employees came to the culinary center of kansas city nine times for this team building exercises. they cooked lunch, it cost you more than $20,000. that's the total amount for all of those coo
drew griffin with the cnn investigation. >> reporter: it happened here in kansas city. where gsa employees did not just get a free lunch, they got to spend most of the day making it. >> cooking is not a mystery. everybody can learn it. >> reporter: it's all about what the culinary zone calls team building. what did the gsa employees get out of this? this is would be of those employees who says he's afraid to show his face because his boss will be mad. >> it was lunch. we...
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. >> cnn's jim acosta, who conducted that interview, joins me. along with cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger. there's clearly a strategy here. your interview, other network interviews as well, part of the strategy by the romney campaign. would you say the takeaway is that the campaign is very worried about this bain story and how it's unfolding? >> i think so, soledad. we got very late notice about this interview possibility. heard about it, about 1:00 this afternoon, and found out the governor was doing a round robin of interviews. because of the fact he said almost the same thing to all of us is an indication that, yes, they were working on this message and they wanted to get it out there. >> gloria, you were in boston. you just got back from the romney headquarters in boston. give us a sense of how the campaign is handling this and what changing they're making to deal with some of this. >> i can tell you, as jim said, that romney was outraged, the campaign was pretty outraged. it's clear, though, they believe, by setting up all these
. >> cnn's jim acosta, who conducted that interview, joins me. along with cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger. there's clearly a strategy here. your interview, other network interviews as well, part of the strategy by the romney campaign. would you say the takeaway is that the campaign is very worried about this bain story and how it's unfolding? >> i think so, soledad. we got very late notice about this interview possibility. heard about it, about 1:00 this afternoon, and...
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i would like to see cnn come out with a policy that said "moving forward, we're not going to talk about the gunman." what we're going to say is a court walk nad a movie theater and started shooting people. he's apprehended. the coward's in jail. let's move on to the victims. never talk to him again. >> it's also one of those horrible things that even years from now people sometimes remember the name of the killer. >> give me one person who died in tucson besides gabby gifford. there was a girl from 9/11 who died. they made her -- but nobody can remember the name. but you can still remember the face of that coward. because that's the only word i'm going to use on television. >> listen, i appreciate you all being on and talking about alex and helping people to get to know him because i think that's the most important thing, what we're trying to do right now. >> i appreciate it. thanks for your time. >> as we continue to honor the lives of the fallen and showcase some of the people who risked it all to save lives, we also want to show you moment by moment what happened inside theater nine.
i would like to see cnn come out with a policy that said "moving forward, we're not going to talk about the gunman." what we're going to say is a court walk nad a movie theater and started shooting people. he's apprehended. the coward's in jail. let's move on to the victims. never talk to him again. >> it's also one of those horrible things that even years from now people sometimes remember the name of the killer. >> give me one person who died in tucson besides gabby...
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i looked through my e-mail and then i saw the cnn breaking news e-mail that outlined what happened. gabby and i had just gotten up. we were just horrified over how could this happen again i me, just 18 months later. >> and that was her reaction as well obviously? >> yeah, it was, just shocked, sad. this is a really, really difficult time for those folks. it's going to take a long time to recover. >> as a family member of someone who was shot, how do you take the next step? i mean, how do you get up the next day? how do you get through something like this? >> well, think everybody handles it differently. and i think there are those stages of grief. you know, for me, the first thing was disbelief and shot. and then i very quickly got to anger. you know, even a year and a half later, this is a process that takes a long time. for me, a year and a half later, i think about this every single day. i think about what gabby goes through. what the other families of the victims. christina taylor green's family is an example. the story you told about jessica that you and her brother talked abou
i looked through my e-mail and then i saw the cnn breaking news e-mail that outlined what happened. gabby and i had just gotten up. we were just horrified over how could this happen again i me, just 18 months later. >> and that was her reaction as well obviously? >> yeah, it was, just shocked, sad. this is a really, really difficult time for those folks. it's going to take a long time to recover. >> as a family member of someone who was shot, how do you take the next step? i...
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i think you see a new day at gsa. >> gsa headquarters tell cnn in a statement, these events indicate a pattern of misjudgment which spans several years and administrations. the agency spokesperson went on to say under the new gsa leadership, these events would not have been approved and only light refreshments like water and pretzels would be allowed at future team building exercises. >> i think we see a new day at gsa. you see a culture shift and you see a new day. i'm very optimistic about that. >> drew, how can there be any changes if the people in charge, like this regional administrator don't even have the power to stop the waste? >> well, that was one of our first questions, and the answer is he does have the power, anderson, he just didn't know it at the time or misspoke. and that is a problem for the newly appointed acting administrator for the gsa. dan tangerlini who finally agreed to talk to me just this afternoon. >> we're going to have that in a minute, i think. >> were you surprised to learn that your regional administrator in kansas city didn't think he had the power to
i think you see a new day at gsa. >> gsa headquarters tell cnn in a statement, these events indicate a pattern of misjudgment which spans several years and administrations. the agency spokesperson went on to say under the new gsa leadership, these events would not have been approved and only light refreshments like water and pretzels would be allowed at future team building exercises. >> i think we see a new day at gsa. you see a culture shift and you see a new day. i'm very...
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gary tuchman, cnn, lafollette, tennessee. >>> an act of heroism. remarkable video. new york city bus driver in the right spot at the right time to catch a child falling three stories. >>> a veteran bus driver is ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. we good? we're good. [ male announcer ] at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. to get your new volkswagen. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all th
gary tuchman, cnn, lafollette, tennessee. >>> an act of heroism. remarkable video. new york city bus driver in the right spot at the right time to catch a child falling three stories. >>> a veteran bus driver is ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i wiped the floor with the guy! not...